Sewing-awl.



PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903.

I. D. MORGARIDGE.

SEWING AWL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23,1902.

N0 MODEL.

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ISAAC D. MORGARIDGE, OF COMO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO T. C. MORGARIDGE, OF ROOKFALLS, ILLINOIS.

SEWING-AWL.

:iPZEGIFIGATION formingpart of Letters: Patent No. 718,057, dated January 6, 1903.

Application filed June 23, 1902.

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC D. MORGARIDGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Como, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Awls; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to sewing-awls, and has reference more specially to that class thereof which are provided with a hollow handle serving as a receptacle for the thread. The-state of the art and mode of operation of devices of this class are too well known to require any demonstration thereof further than to call attention to the fact that in tools of this kind the perfect operation thereof depends to a great extent'upon the tension of the thread. In many of these devices now in use the thread pulls out of the handle so easily that it becomes necessary to frequently remove the spool and rewind the thread thereon.

My chief improvement consists in providing an adjustable tension, so that the force thereof may be increased ordiminished at will. I also seek to have the thread leave the handle at a point where it will not be affected nor interfered with by the hand of the operator.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my device ready for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view partly in section. Fig. 3 is a View of the spool-holder in detail.

The device consists, mainly, of the following Well-known parts: a handle 1 provided with a spool-chamber 2, chuck 3, needle 4, and cap 5, closing the chamber end of the handle. Within the chamber 2 and conforming to the shape thereof is a spool-holder 6, comprising a cylindrical casing closed at the inner end and adapted to hold the spool or bobbin 7, filled with the usual thread 8. The holder 6 is preferably constructed of metal and is provided with an irregular slot 9, through which the loose end of the thread may be introduced to a Serial No. 112,750. (No model.)

point about midway the ends of the holder.

10 represents a tension-spring secured to the holder 6 by means of set-screws 11, passing through the slot 12 in the spring. The spring 10 is provided at its free end with a projecting leaf 13, conforming in shape to the periphery of the spool-holder and in close proximity thereto. The thread 8 passes under the leaf 13 and thence through an oblique aperture 14 in the handle 1 to the eye of the needle 4.

By means of the slot 12 and set-screws 11 the spring 10 can be moved longitudinally of the spool-holder and secured at any point permitted by the length of the slot. As the free end of the spring is shortened a greater pressure is brought to bear upon the thread and, per contra, the lengthening thereof diminishes such pressure.

It will be seen that the tension mechanism is within the handle, where its efliciency cannot be disturbed by the hand of the operator, as might be the case were it upon the outside of the handle. It is also noticeable that the thread leaves the handle near the needle end thereof, lessening the danger of pressure thereon of the hand of the operatorand leaving onlya limited amount of thread between the handle and point of the needle to loop or become slack.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A sewing-awl comprising a handle, provided with a chamber, and provided at its inner end with an inclined slot communicating with the said chamber, a needle secured to the said handle at a point near the said inclined slot, a casing loosely mounted in the said chamber, and provided in its side wall with a longitudinal slot,a spool loosely mounted in the said casing, and a tension-spring adjustably secured to the exterior of the said casing and having its inner end provided with a projecting leaf arranged at right angles to the body portion of the spring and extending in close proximity with the outer periphery of the spool-holder, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A sewing-awl comprising a handle, a

chamber therein, a slot communicating with the exterior of the handle, and with the chamber, a casing loosely mounted in said chamber, said casing having an irregular-shaped slot therein, and adapted to loosely seat a spool, a tension-spring adjustably secured to the exterior of said casing, a right-angular extension formed on said spring, said extension bent to conform to the periphery of said casing, and the outer end of said extension extending beyond the slot in said casing and adapted to guide the thread therefrom, substantially as described.

3. AhandleforaseWing-awl,comprisingan inner chamber, a slot communicating therewith,from the exterior ofsaid handle,alooselymounted casing in said inner chamber, said ISAAC D. MORGARID GE.

Witnesses:

BLANOHE J. GAINES, WM. HARTMANN. 

